The Lovelace–De Morgan mathematical correspondence: A critical re-appraisal

Hollings, Christopher; Martin, Ursula; Rice, Adrian

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“…This paper complements our work on Lovelace's studies with Augustus De Morgan in 1840 and 1841 (Hollings et al 2017), in which contextual analysis allows us to present a corrected ordering of the archive material, and thus to challenge further claims by Stein of Lovelace's mathematical weakness (Stein 1985, 84, 89-91), and to assess De Morgan's favourable judgment of her potential for serious mathematical work [LB 339, ADM to Lady Byron, 21 January 1844, f 2]. That paper presents De Morgan's skill as a teacher in developing Lovelace's habits of study, repairing gaps in her earlier education, and introducing her to research questions of the day; and shows Lovelace's emerging mathematical strengths of attention to detail, interest in big questions, and desire to tackle problems from first principles.…”

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“…It is hard to interpret remarks like 'I read Mathematics every day': did she work hard at every point, or skim material she found less congenial? Certainly, her later studies with De Morgan seem to be where she learned more reflective habits of study, to set realistic expectations, and to go more slowly (Hollings et al 2017).…”

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“…For the next few years Lovelace focused more on her family than her mathematics, and it was not until 1840 that she resumed her studies with Augustus De Morgan, rapidly developing more advanced mathematical skills (Hollings et al 2017). This paper has described her education up to that point, and is the first investigation of her mathematical knowledge and skills situated in the context of the books she studied, and the mathematical culture of the time.…”

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The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace

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“…Born on December 10, 1815 [9,10,11,16,18] in the village of Patrixbourne (Canterbury, England), Augusta Ada King, only legitimate daughter of George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) [14,16,18], an influential poet in British romanticism [4,10,11,16,18], was raised by her Mother, Anne Isabela Noel Byron (Lady Byron or Annabella), English mathematics [10,11,16]. The drama of her parents' separation, coupled with family controversies [14] revealed to English society, did not hinder their intellectual development.…”

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“…In this article we intend to present a portion of the legacy left by the pioneer in Computer Science in the field of Development and Programming [4,7,10,11], Augusta Ada King, Countess Lovelace [14,15], or as she is. best known and most admired, Ada Lovelace, to society, as she was the developer of the first code processed by a machine, thus building a major milestone in the present technological development through the interaction between technology and the machine.…”

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Ada Lovelace’s Legacy for Computation History

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This scientific and academic paper aims to make a historical review of the female contribution to the history of computing, through a bibliographic research by qualitative methodology of data analysis. So this story begins with Augusta Ada King, Countess Ada Lovelace, a precursor to the field of development and programming in the field of computer technology by developing the first machine-executable algorithm, in this case the Charles Babbage Analytical Engineer. Thus, there is the redemption of female names that have made a major contribution to the development of computer history and which are of utmost importance to connoisseurs of computer science today. It then presents aspects of Ada Lovelace's life, which shows her story from the variations that have reached family relationships and moments of dedication in mathematics studies, as well as her writing talent manifested through poetic science that has resulted in a futuristic vision and that led to imagine the potential of machines long before being used or displayed, thus showing them a human being far ahead of her time and with fantastic ideas for her time, considering that at that time as women they had no rights and no spaces they have today. Thus, she demonstrated that her imagination about artifacts went beyond her usefulness to humans. Finally, we analyze or analyze Ada's thinking left to science and technology, as well as some curiosities about who is a memorable person for humanity to the present day in the field of use, including being celebrated and acclaimed using a date that how to recover. Its memory and have a great worldwide repercussion, as well as a programming language that bears her name and other expressions of rescue of her memory, characterizing a social recognition for a person.

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The Historical Context of the Gender Gap in Mathematics

Barrow-Green

2019

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June Barrow-Green The 18th and 19th centuriesThe first woman in the modern period to make a substantial contribution to mathematics was the Italian Maria Agnesi who in 1748 published one of the earliest textbooks on the differential and integral calculus, Instituzioni Analitiche, which she originally wrote in order to instruct her younger brothers. Written in the vernacular (which was unusual in the period), the book was accessible to a broad audience and an important contribution to the spread of the calculus in Italy. Two years after the book's publication, she was appointed to the chair of mathematics in Bologna on the recommendation of the Pope, Benedict XIV, but she never took up the position. Agnesi did not even go to Bologna although her name remained on the rolls of the university. Instead she devoted her life to works of charity.4Much has been written on the content and reception of Agnesi's text but I want to draw attention only to some remarks made by the French historian of mathematics, Jean-Etienne Montucla, as they are illustrative of contemporary views about women mathematicians. Montucla, who was writing at the end of the 18th century, was complementary about the book but nevertheless rued the fact that there was no translation of it by one of the French women mathematicians-he didn't say who he had in mind-thereby implying that he believed there to be a difference between the way men and women approach and study mathematics.5 At the same time, he was also astonished that a woman-or as he put it "a person of a sex that seems so unfit to tread the thorny paths of abstract sciences" [3]-could penetrate so deeply into the calculus, thereby reinforcing the notion of the general unsuitability of women for mathematics.Agnesi, along with a number of other women in the 18th and early 19th century, such as Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749), Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) and Mary Somerville (1780-1872), all of whom made lasting and significant contributions to mathematics, were not prevented from doing mathematics, in fact sometimes rather the opposite. For example, Lovelace, today renowned for her remarkable paper which explained the principles of Charles Babbage's analytical engine [4], was encouraged by her mother to study mathematics with Augustus De Morgan.6 Something these women all had in common was that they came from a social class which gave them the time and the opportunity to discuss mathematics (and natural philosophy) with men on equal terms. Both Somerville and Lovelace attended Babbage's scientific soirées and together they frequently called on him in order to see and to discuss his analytical engine.That Élisabeth Ferrand (1700-1752), an important influence on Abbé de Condillac and a friend of Alexis Claude Clairaut, chose a page from Voltaire's influential 4 For a discussion of Agnesi's life, see Paula Findlen's excellent essay review [2]. 5 There was a French translation by a man, Pierre Thomas d'Antelmy, which appeared in 1775. An English translation by John Colson appeared in 1801. It was a mi...

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The Lovelace–De Morgan mathematical correspondence: A critical re-appraisal

Cited by 13 publications

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The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace

The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace’s Legacy for Computation History

The Historical Context of the Gender Gap in Mathematics

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